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...archaeologists and tourists alike, the monumental ruins of Mesoamerica are humbling testimony to the complex civilizations that once flourished there. Even the names of these peoples evoke power and mystery: Aztecs, Maya, Zapotecs, Toltecs, Olmecs. But of all the great pre-Columbian metropolises that dot the region, arguably the most magnificent of all belonged to a people who remain nameless. The Aztecs, who took over the area some 25 miles north of modern Mexico City in the 15th century, were convinced it was built by supernatural beings. Their name for the city, which we still use: Teotihuacan, or Place...
...Then came a pickup truck carrying their weapons--not clubs or rifles but gardening tools and watering cans. Finally a small car pulled up, and out strode their leader, Wangari Maathai, an imposing 5-ft. 8-in. woman in a long blue dress and a red-and-black polka-dot head scarf. She picked up a pot containing a 2-ft. Meru oak seedling, but the police refused to let her carry it into the forest. In a soft but determined voice she spoke directly to Chief Inspector Paul Muluma: "Since you are illegally preventing us from planting trees...
...lucky people, picked by a lottery of all ticket-holders, were given the opportunity to win the $25,000 prize. To do so, however, they had to hit a hockey puck from the face-off circle at one corner of the rink to the small center dot in the face-off circle at the opposite corner...
...complaints of travelers and small airlines have begun to reach Washington. The DOT is about to institute guidelines aimed at preventing "predatory" pricing, and Democratic Congressman John Dingell of Michigan last week introduced a bill to foster more competition in hub cities. Meanwhile, Northwest, which has five more union contracts to negotiate, is hoping to move from its labor problems to winning back angry customers. "We will do whatever is necessary to regain their trust and their business," vows Laughlin. For Northwest, and the rest of the industry, it will be a long journey...
...mission in space was a tube of applesauce he sucked through a straw. The shuttle offers a decidedly better bill of fare, including such delicacies as smoked turkey, Kona coffee and dried apricots. All the meals are sealed in plastic packets, each of which is coded with a colored dot to indicate which crew member it is intended for. The color code for Brown, the commander, is red; for Glenn, a payload specialist, it's purple. "The shrimp cocktail they fix is very, very good," says Glenn, "as good as what you'd get at Delmonico's. Curt likes shrimp...